Manner of constructing gridirons



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ISAAC DAMON, F NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANNER 0F CONSTRUCTING GRIDIRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,960, dated January 30, 1841.

` TO all whom, z'Z-mag/ concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo DAMON, of Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, architect, have invented a new and Improved (fridiron for Broiling Meats and other Substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of my said invention and improvement, to wit:

The frame is of metal and may be made of any form of the common gridiron now in use o-r which may be required. Instead of the round, flat, or fluted bars now in use I place upon the frame a metallic plate crimped or plaited like a ruflle which plate is fastened upon the sides of the frame by rivets or screws as the same is represented onI the plans and drawings hereunto annexed and numbered l, 2, 3, 4; and which with the references thereon are, and are to be considered as a part of this my specification.

Between the gravy dish or dripping pan and the fire used for broiling I place a metallic plate as represented in plate Nos. l and 2 Figure 4 of sufiicient size to protectthe dish or pan fron such a degree of heat as would burn or injure the gravy contained in it.

Mode of operation: The article to be cooked is to be placed upon the crimped plate and then placed upon the fire, the gravy passes down the grooves in the crimped plate into the dripping pan and the fender between the fire and the pan preserves it from burning.

fhat I claim as my own invention and I improvement upon the common gridiron and I ISAAC DAMON.

lVitnesses EBEN BARNARD, SAML, WELLs. 

